Gems A-Z

With the hundreds of gemstones available on the market, we know that choosing which one you need can be a daunting task. To help you, we compiled a list of some of the most sought-after gems and crystals, with a brief overview of their metaphysical and healing properties. While this list is by no means complete, we hope this can guide you and jump start your journey with gems and crystals. 

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Agate
General healing stone used to treat headaches and dizziness.
Assists in overcoming guilt, resentment and other destructive emotions.

Amazonite
Helps healing after trauma or injury. Excellent stone for gout and arthritis. Aids in the development of discernment.

Amber
Increases energy levels. Helps draw our infections.
Assists those with depression and clears negative patterns.

Amethyst
Counters addictive behavior. Help with symptoms of nerve disorders or brain imbalances. Facilitates meditation and improves concentration.

Ametrine
Enhances learning and creativity. Stimulates metabolism.
Helps one overcome procrastination and fear.

Apatite
Soothes headaches and stimulates eyesight.
Brings a general sense of we-being and healing.

Aquamarine
Supports healing of infections and curbing allergy symptoms. Helps overcome grief. Releases old emotional baggage. Calms the wearer.

Aventurine
Stimulates growth and attracts prosperity and good luck. Helps one move forward with confidence and optimism despite challenges.

Azurite
Soothes migraines. Helps with tinnitus and vertigo. Lends courage to correct destructive behavior patterns. Allows one to sense the truth and others’ motives.

Bronzite
Helps in the treatment of cysts and skin disorders.
Brings inner peace and protects against stress.

Cacoxenite
Useful for digestive issues. Helps one feel empowered and aligned with one’s purpose and spiritual vision.

Calcite
Dissolves energy blockages. Stimulates metabolism. Encourages forgiveness towards oneself and others. Helps see possibilities for growth and progress.

Carnelian
Brings vitality and energy. Supports detoxification and breaking negative habits. Helps overcome the fear of taking action or fear of doing the wrong thing. Assists in embracing change and transformation.

Chalcedony
Helps soothe throat problems. Calms anger, fear and anxiety. Assists one in communicating to others with ease.

Charoite
Strengthens the immune system. Gives courage to start anew. Assists in recognizing one’s purpose and manifesting goals.

Phantom Quartz
Powerful stone for physical healing. Protects the body from harmful radiation. Brings hopefulness and optimism.

Chrysocolla
Releases stress and anxiety. Regulates thyroid. Helps one feel secure when communicating with others. Promotes empowerment.

Chrysoprase
Supports general healing and regeneration. Helps maintain a youthful spirit, outlook and energy. Excellent stone for healing from emotional abuse.

Citrine
Enhances physical stamina and energy. Supports the endocrine system and encourages metabolism. Assists in taking action and attracting abundance. Excellent stone for manifesting goals and dreams.

Coral
Protects against negativity and illnesses. Good for the bones, blood, and circulation. Strengthens relationships and enables the wearer to enjoy life.

Diopside
Ideal for physical healing, especially heart-related issues. Soothing to the emotional body. Excellent for relaxation, renewal and stress-relief.

Dolomite
Used for physical detoxification. Supports bone health. Lends a calming and serene energy.

Dumortierite
Excellent support for mental fog and lack of concentration. Assists in mental balance. Facilitates higher vision and inspiration. Helps one see beyond obstacles.

Emerald
Helps the physical heart recover from diseases and imbalances. Assists in overcoming feelings of unworthiness. Encourages acceptance of others.

Epidote
Strengthens the immune system. Stimulates digestion and metabolism. Encourages patience and gives self-confidence.

Eudialyte
Stabilizes the nervous system. Helps overcome self-doubt and self-criticism. Excellent for depression.

Fire Opal
Excellent for fertility issues for both men and women. Helps chronic fatigue and hormonal imbalance. Promotes artistic creativity. Assists in overcoming shyness and become more optimistic.

Fluorite
Clears negativity and cluttered thoughts for improved intellect and decision-making. Excellent stone for learning. Assists in vertigo and strengthens bones.

Garnet
Supports recovery from injury. Helps release worry and fear, especially around financial matters. Aids one in finding love and joy.

Hematite
Assists in recuperation from any ailment of the blood and of blood production within the bone marrow. Aids in detoxification. Gives strength and courage in the face of adversity.

Herkimer Diamond
Used for general healing. Purifies and cleanses the physical body. Helps illuminate and clear the aura. Assists in dream work and other explorations into expanded reality.

Hiddenite
Helps one feel balanced through hormonal cycles. Releases attachment to past regrets. Encourages the experience of joy and harmony.

Iolite
Stimulates memory and assists with sleep imbalances. Encourages a positive, calm and clear mind in the midst of obstacles.

Jade
A classic stone for abundance and prosperity. Attracts a flow of wealth and brings harmony to business and family relationships.

Jasper
Stimulates physical strength and energy. Supports circulatory and respiratory systems. Aids in manifesting creative ideas. Helps calm fear and worry, especially when caused by an overactive mind.

Jet
Alleviates arthritis and other joint problems. Protective stone against negativity, enemies and witchcraft. Assists in healing energy leaks in the aura.

Kunzite
Regulates hormonal imbalance. Helps combat feelings of inferiority. Opens the heart and makes one receptive to love and joy.

Kyanite
Ideal for healing brain-related issues. Sharpens concentration and produces positive energy. Helps protect the auric field and can facilitate transfer of energy.

Labradorite
Alleviates bone-related concerns. Improves intuition and promotes mental clarity. Protects and strengthens one’s personal energy.

Lapis Lazuli
Assists in balancing thyroid functions. Strengthens the immune system. Stimulates desire for knowledge and understanding. Develops intuition and enhances memory.

Larimar
Helps relieve high blood pressure. Strengthens the bones. Powerful emotional cleanser and healer. Useful for those with stress-related imbalances, phobias or panic attacks.

Malachite
Helps one take confident action to manifest one’s dreams. Enhances willpower and self-responsibility. A good protective stone for travelers.

Moldavite
Powerful stone that brings your personal fears and shadows to the surface in order to facilitate transformation and growth. Cleanses energy blocks and helps manifest one’s destiny.

Moonstone
Improves patience and intuition and allows understanding of proper action and timing. Helps achieve emotional and hormonal balance.

Morganite
Strengthens the physical heart. Promotes abundance of love. Releases old burdens and brings joy and harmony to the wearer.

Nuummite
Excellent at assisting other healing stones. Encourages self-acceptance and responsibility. Offers a clear vision of one’s true nature.

Obsidian
Alleviates pain and accelerates healing of wounds. Eliminates negative energies. Helps break destructive behavioral patterns like addictions.

Onyx
Helps with infections and inflammation. Deflects negative energy and grounds the wearer. Helps one focus and persevere.

Opal
Alleviates chronic stress, worry, and depression. Helps one to focus by calming and soothing the wearer. Promotes peace and relaxation.

Peridot
Alleviates heart-related imbalances. Used to counter anemia. Promotes prosperity by giving courage to pursue dreams.

Petrified Wood
Supports physical healing especially for liver and gallbladder problems. Assists in past-life recall. Helps turn weaknesses into strengths.

Prasiolite
Useful for digestive and cardiovascular issues. Clears disharmonious emotional patterns. Fosters compassion and self-acceptance.

Prehnite
Helps balance and heal the circulatory system and lymph. A gentle and nurturing stone that helps clear the aura from emotional waste. Brings inner peach and well-being.

Pyrite
Enhances willpower to accomplish challenging tasks with persistence and commitment. Ideal for manifestation, ambition, and blocking negativity.

Quartz
Brings positive energy and encourages clarity. Amplifies energy surrounding it. Enhances meditation and vivid dreams.

Rhodochrosite
Ideal for nervous system imbalances. Aids in withdrawal from stimulants. Gives confidence and stimulates self-expression. Assists in healing from emotional wounds.

Rhodonite
Supports weight loss and detoxification. Helps one find their purpose and utilize personal gifts and skills. Encourages a stronger sense of character.

Rose Quartz
A gentle stone for heart-related imbalances. Ideal for premature babies and children with heart concerns. Releases worry, fear and past emotional trauma. Helps one feel open to receiving and sharing love, compassion, and kindness.

Ruby
Amplifies passions and increases confidence to pursue goals. Attracts new opportunities and wealth. Stimulates the flow of chi.

Rutilated Quartz
Increases mental clarity to accomplish goals and dreams. Quickens the process of manifestation and attracts abundance and creativity.

Sapphire
Brings out inner wisdom. Activates mental energy to accomplish visions and goals. Gives one courage and openness to express emotions.

Serpentine
Assists in cellular regeneration. Increases energy. Reduces fear of change and encourages one to look forward to the future. Allows one to focus on the greater good.

Smoky Quartz
Enhances practicality and organization in accomplishing ideas, plans, and aspirations. Protects from negativity and releases stress.

Sodalite
Supports the regulation blood pressure. Reduces stress and anxiety. Encourages insight and clarity. Awakens the mind and allows it to work at its highest capacity.

Spinel
Counters excessive acidity in the stomach and body. Helps one release emotional trauma. Encourages passion and sexual energy.

Stichtite
Supports healthy blood pressure levels and helps with tension headaches. Aids digestion and metabolism. Encourages one to overcome reluctance to ask for assistance. Protective stone against negative energy.

Sugilite
Useful for insomnia and other sleep imbalances. Helps in the treatment of epilepsy and other disturbances of the nervous system. Gives courage and optimism to pursue and manifest one’s dreams. Ideal for those who tend to fall into negative thinking or lack confidence.

Sunstone
Increases metabolism and vitality. Balances the endocrine system. Helps utilize skills and abilities. Stimulates creative and sexual energy.

Tanzanite
Calms overactive thyroid. Integrates the energies of the mind and heart. Gives strength of mind and increased learning ability. Helps one feel more compassionate, loving and centered.

Tiger Eye
Enhances intellect and vitality to take action in the face of challenges. Gives strength to overcome obstacles. Brings harmony and joy to relationships.

Tiger Iron
Stone of strength, stamina and courage. Strengthens the blood and skeletal system. Allows one to feel confident and capable of manifesting goals. Encourages creative expression.

Topaz
Useful for sore throat, migraines and hyperactive thyroid. Helps one gain confidence to speak the truth. Facilitates open communication. Calms and soothes emotions.

Tourmaline
Heals emotions and releases stress and anxiety. Heightens stamina and persistence in working towards goals. Channels abundance and prosperity.

Turquoise
Helps oxygenate the blood and increase energy. Encourages self-forgiveness and self-acceptance. Allows one to embrace wholeness and truth. Aids in communication and empowerment.

Zoisite
Supports the treatment of depression, chronic fatigue and thyroid problems. Promotes positive states that encourage healing. Alleviates grief, anger and despair.

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